Typographical composing-machine.



. K. ROGER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, I914.

Patented Apr.

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0.. PHOTCYLITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. c.

K. RUGER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, I914. jl lgfi fimm Patented. Apr. 13, 1915.

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ORRIS PE 0.. PHOTO LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

i %AT% f lt lwi KARL RijGER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOB, TOMERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1215..

Application filed May 23, 1914-. Serial No. 840,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL Room, a subject of the German Emperor, residingat 33 Teltowerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Typographical Composing Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that known arrangement oftypographical composing machine which is provided with a fixed assemblerentrance and a plurality of magazines pivotally arranged relatively tothe said entrance, which magazines, by means of magazine entrancesmovable with them, are connected each with its respective distributer.When changing magazines in this kind of composing machine, the magazinesmust be moved relatively to the fixed assembler entrance in such amanner that the relationship between the magazine entrances and thedistributers shall not be so disturbed as to interfere with theadmission of the matrices into the magazines. The accurate admission ofthe matrices into one or other of the magazines is secured, when thedistance between the matrices hanging on the distributer bar and thepartition or guide plates of the magazine entrance, is the same, ornearly the same, for each position of the magazine.

In typographical machines having a plurality of magazines it hasheretofore been proposed to support the said magazines so that when theyare moved to bring one or other of them into operative position, theyturn about a single stationary axis, situated in a vertical planeintermediate the distributer bars appertaining to those magazines, butthis arrangement, during the said movements of the magazines, causesconsiderable variation in the distance between the matrices hanging fromthe distributor bar and the guide plates of the magazine entrances andtherefore is likely to impede the entrance of the matrices into themagazines. It has also been proposed that each magazine should be rockedabout a separate axis; such an arrangement has, for example, beendescribed in Letters Patent Number 1,031,952 dated July 9th, 1912. Theseknown arrangements, however, are of no use in machines having more thantwo magazines, because, when three or more magazines are rocked, theangle through which they must be moved is so great that even if thepivotal axis be very near the upper end of the magazine entrances, themagazine entrances will be displaced relatively to the distributer railto such an extent that the distribution cannot be continued with safety.

If, for each magazine, a special pivotal axis be provided, theconstruction will be so cumbersome, owing to the necessity for providingfor each magazine, special supporting rollersand a special rockingmagazine frame, that the changing of the magazines from one position toanother, will be very difficult or even impossible, and apart from this,the machine itself would be too heavy. The present invention obviatesthese drawbacks by arranging the magazines in groups, each rocking abouta special pivotal axis, each group, other than the lower or lowest one,if desired, being locked when not in use, so as to reduce the weight tobe rocked and impose as little work as possible on the operator duringthe aforesaid act of operatively changing the magazines.

The drawings show in elevation two constructional forms of theinvention, Figure 1 being an arrangement with three magazines and Fig. 2an arrangement with four magazmes.

In the constructional form shown in Fig. 1, the two lower magazines, 1,2, are comprised in one group, and are supported on a magazine frame 3,which is free to rock about the axis of a pivot 4 under the action of an,angularly adjustable cam 5. The third magazine 6 is supported upon aspecial magazine frame 7, which, in turn, is supported upon the magazine2 next underneath it, by rollers 8, and is capable of rocking about theaxis of a pivot 9. When the cam 5 is turned, the magazines 1 and 2together swing about the pivot 4, while the magazine 6, through therollers 8. riding over the magazine 2, swings about the fulcrum 9.

In the constructional form shown in Fig. 2 which is provided with fourmagazines, the two lower magazines 10, 11, are supported upon the lowermagazine frame 12, capable of swingingabout the axis of a pivot l, andthe two upper magazines 13, 14, are supported upon a magazine frame 15,which is capable of swinging about the axis of a pivot 9. The twomagazine frames 12, 15 are at each side, connected with each other by alink 16. Movement is imparted to the magazine frame 12 through themedium of a bevel wheel 17 shaft 18, lever arm 19, and link 20. Theinvention also provides means whereby the two upper magazines 13, 14canbe-temporarily put out of action, as, for example when only themagazines 10, 11 are requiredfor use. For this purpose the bolts or pins21 which connect the links 16 with the magazine frame 12 are capable ofbeing withdrawn out of engagement wi't' h th'e latter,so as to admit ofthe links each being ti-Irne'ol into a-position such as that-indicatedin dotted lines,

in which they'canbe temporarily retainedby inserting the bolts or pins'21-, into holes 22 in themagazine frame 15, andthe said frame isrovided with other holes 23 for the reception of locking bolts-slidable' inthe frame of the machine, so as to lock the 7 magazine"frame 15 and therefore the magazines 1S, 14L to thesai'd machine frame,and consequently relieve the magazine-adjusting mechanism ofthethen-unnecessary operation of moving the last named magazine frameand magazines, the turning of the wheel 17 then resulting in't'hemovement of only the two magazines 1 0, 11. If there are more than twogroups of magazines, any desired number of the upper groups may, atwill; be locked Icy-means of one and the same means, andonly one or two,or other number of the lower groups may be allowed to swing. The mannerofgrouping the magazine's may be varied according to diffe-rentrequirements, thus in machine having a large number of magazines, thelatter may be arranged groups of three; it is, however, preferred thatnot more than two shall be comprised in each group.

Having described my invention, I declare that wh t 1 claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is-:

1. In a typogra hical composing machine, the combination with astationary assembler --entra-nc'e, a plurality comprising more than twomagazines movable to bring one or another "thereof into operativerelation to the assembler entrance and arranged in groups, and acorresponding plura lity of distributors, of a separate pivotal axisabout which-each group of magazinescan turn independently of magazinesof other than that'g'ro'np.

2. in a typographical composing machine, the combination with astationary assembler entrance, "a plurality comprising more than twomagazines movable to bring one or another thereof into operativerelation to the assembler erfitran'ceandarranged in groups, a magazineentrance movable with each magazine, and a corresponding plurality ofdistributers, of. a separate pivotal axis about which each group ofmagazines together with the respective magazine entrances can turnindependently of magazines of other than that group.

3. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with astationary assembler entrance, a plurality comprising more than twomagazines movable to bring one or another thereof into operativerelation to the assembler entrance and arranged in groups, and acorresponding plurality of distribu- "ters, of a separate magazine framefor each group, and a separate pivotal axis about which each such frameand group of magazines can turn independently of magazines of other thanthat roup.

4. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with astationary assembler entrance, a plurality comprising more than twomagazines -mova'ble'to bring one or another thereof into operativerelation to the assembler entrance and arranged in groups, acorresponding plurality of distributors, a separate magazine frame'foreach group, and a separate pivotal axis about which each such frame andgroupof magazines can turn independently of magazines of other than thatgroup, of links operatively connecting the magazine frames of an upperand a lower group.

'5. In a typographical composingmachine, the combination with astationary assembler entrance, a plurality comprising more than twomagazines movable to bring one or another thereof into operativerelation to the assembler entrance and arranged in groups, acorresponding plurality of distributors, a separate magazine fran'ie foreach group, and a separate pivotal axis about which each such frame andgroup of magazines can turn independently of magazines of other thanthat group, of links operatively connecting the magazine frames of anupper and a lower group, and means operative to make and break thelink-connection between the magazine frames.

6. In a typographical com-posing machine, the combination with astationary assembler entrance, a plurality comprising more than twomagazines movable to bring one or another thereof into operativerelation to the assembler entrance and arranged in groups, acorresponding plurality of distributers, a separatemagazine frame foreach group, and a separate pivotal axis about which each such frameandgroup of magazines can turn independently of magazines of other thanthat group, of links operatively connecting the magazine frames of anupper and-a lower group, means operative to make and break thelink-connection between the magazine frames, and means operative to lockan upper magazine frame in the machine frame.

7. In a typographical machine, the comment ,to permit the independentmovement bination With a stationary assembler enof the other group. 10trance, of a plurality of magazines movable In Witness whereof, I havehereunto set conjointly relatively to the assembler enmy hand in thepresence of two Witnesses.

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being mounted to turn about separate and Wit independent axes, and meansfor holding one RUDOLPH F of said groups of magazines against move-ALICE D (topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0'.

